Designing a mobile diet diary application with and for older adults with AMD: a case study
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Lilit Hakobyan School of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET [email protected] Jo Lumsden School of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET [email protected] Dympna O’Sullivan School of Informatics, City University London, London, EC1V 0HB dympna.o'[email protected] Hannah Bartlett School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2013